The 6th grade program this year was called Connected Mathematics 2. Unlike the math programs in the past there are 8 different texts books for the 8 different units. So far we have done the 6 books of Bits and Pieces 1 and 2, Covering and Surroundings, Prime time, Shapes and designs, and right now we are working on my personal favorite, How Likely is it?. To each book there is four to five investigations in a book all explaining something new. In each investigation there are little sections explaining one part of the investigation. In each investigation, there is ACE or Applications, Connections, and Extensions, that we do each night after we do a section of the investigation. ACE involves multiple-choice problems extended construction response problems, and short answer problems. At the end of each book we must hand in our vocabulary note book, along with our math binder. We have our vocabulary notebooks set up alphabetically. When we right down the vocabulary words, we have a choice of whether or not to write down the examples that they give you. I personally decide not to write them down because I think that the definition is enough to tell me what it is and what it is and what to do. When we go to the middle school next year, our vocabulary book will actually come with us to our middle school math class. When we hand in our note books, we get graded on whether or not our notebook assignment list (homework list) was complete, whether or not our class work section was complete, our homework were complete, if all the papers were labeled with the appropriate headings, if all assessments were in the assessment sections, if the DS 50 explanation and handouts were in the appropriate section, and whether the vocabulary notebook for that unit was complete. For each of these you would get either 20 points or 10 points for full points in each of these grading sections. Maybe you have heard of a reflection. At the end of each investigation, we have questions that reflect on the main points of the investigation. For each unit we can have up to 5 reflections, and as little as 4 reflections. For example, if we were learning about prime factorization, a question in the reflection might be what “is prime factorization?”, or “define prime factorization”, or “what is the prime factorization of 46?”. It is like an essay that tells what we have done and it is basically a special way for us to remember what we had learned in that unit. My favorite unit is called “How Likely Is It”. In this book we learn about probability. I like it because it seems to be an easy and I like finding the probability of things. We learn how to find probability, we learn about Theoretical probability, and we learned about how to calculate percents. I learned that IT’S ALL CONNECTED! There are percents every where you look, like if a table was taking up 25% of the room. So as you should know IT’S ALL CONNECTED! Next time you look around see what connected to math. Hope you enjoyed my presentation! how likely is it cover http://www2.fultonschools.org/staff/carlson/images%20for%20website/math%200708%20pics/undrstndngprob.jpg Probability Theory http://saifulislam.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/probability1.jpg
At the end of each book we must hand in our vocabulary note book, along with our math binder. We have our vocabulary notebooks set up alphabetically. When we right down the vocabulary words, we have a choice of whether or not to write down the examples that they give you. I personally decide not to write them down because I think that the definition is enough to tell me what it is and what it is and what to do. When we go to the middle school next year, our vocabulary book will actually come with us to our middle school math class. When we hand in our note books, we get graded on whether or not our notebook assignment list (homework list) was complete, whether or not our class work section was complete, our homework were complete, if all the papers were labeled with the appropriate headings, if all assessments were in the assessment sections, if the DS 50 explanation and handouts were in the appropriate section, and whether the vocabulary notebook for that unit was complete. For each of these you would get either 20 points or 10 points for full points in each of these grading sections.
Maybe you have heard of a reflection. At the end of each investigation, we have questions that reflect on the main points of the investigation. For each unit we can have up to 5 reflections, and as little as 4 reflections. For example, if we were learning about prime factorization, a question in the reflection might be what “is prime factorization?”, or “define prime factorization”, or “what is the prime factorization of 46?”. It is like an essay that tells what we have done and it is basically a special way for us to remember what we had learned in that unit.
My favorite unit is called “How Likely Is It”. In this book we learn about probability. I like it because it seems to be an easy and I like finding the probability of things. We learn how to find probability, we learn about Theoretical probability, and we learned about how to calculate percents. I learned that IT’S ALL CONNECTED! There are percents every where you look, like if a table was taking up 25% of the room.
So as you should know IT’S ALL CONNECTED! Next time you look around see what connected to math. Hope you enjoyed my presentation!
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